New Poem: "These Are Crazy Times"

These Are Crazy Times

“These are crazy times,” said

the retired little banker, who tends

to his immaculate lawns with such

devotion and love that he’s known

in the neighborhood as “the lawn

guru.” And in a more serious and

conciliatory tone he added, “If it

wasn’t for our faith, where would

we be?” That’s how COVID-19 is

affecting the world, affirming one’s

faith, or calling us back to it.

Poem for the week: "The World Is Not Broken"

The World Is Not Broken

And all the soothsayers came out to have

their say, warning us to get it together

because the world is broken; but where

did they get this information?

The coronavirus is spreading like wildfire

(wasn’t the world ravaged by wild fires the last

few years?), and the affairs of the world have

been disrupted; but is this reason to panic?

It’s all a question of balance, said the wisest

of the wise, when asked for guidance; but,

Archangel Michael added, it’s not the world

that needs to be balanced, but ourselves.

The world is not broken, despite what we do;

and not until we raise our vibrations to a

higher level of moral awareness will our fear

of this global pandemic go away.